the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data?

I´m a motorcycle enthusiast that used to race / ride Enduro. When you buy a motorcycle for that use, you get pretty much 90% of what you need.  Set the thing according to your riding skill level / preferences and off you go !.

  Going back to audio.  Not the same game, when you get bit by the music bug and get into this, you just paid the admission ticket for a journey!!! As several persons have mentioned, this  is a long, patience frustrating, economic stressing,disappointment causing experience that gives you some golden nuggets in the process to keep you hooked.

You hear magic at a friend´s or dealer place and you get those speakers home and  the oops start !

This is a personnal perception activity so it will  depend on the reproduction chain you use to listen. Room, speakers, power, source cables, you name it  they matter.

Good luck with your own musical journey... Keep a sane a approach and do  not take it too seriously, enjoy. You are not alone. Cheers.

agreed with post no 6 point of important point

For me, I have purchased my speakers based on reputation and read as many reviews about a speaker I am interested in. i rarely by new, so if the speaker has generated a lot of interest, easy to sale if I don’t like it. Since my audio system is in a small room, I am limited to bookshelf speakers. I have serval speakers and amps. The only mistake I made was to purchase a pair of Quad z2 or 1. Worst speaker I ever heard for my ears. My hits, Kef LS50 metas, Dynaudio special 40’s, Buchardt 400 special edition,Goldenear brx, Dali menuets se, NHT c3. All great speakers with different presentations. I don’t know if this is the best way to buy speakers, but it has worked for me.

Hi @dwest1023 how does the Dynaudio special 40’s compare to the Buchardt 400? Looks like you have a lot of similar speakers (but may sound very unique each)

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